Other Logstash Core Improvements

Cleanup:Colin was super excited about cleaning up the logstash-core gem which is used by the pipeline. This gem encapsulates only the pipeline logic now — we moved out all the helpers, development dependencies, start-up scripts and such. This simplifies artifact packaging, and fixes issues with flaky dependencies. All good stuff!

Wondering how best to scale Logstash? Look no further than this awesome talk by our very own Pere Urbón-Bayes:

That's this week in The Logstash Lines. Come back next week for more Logstash news!